Comments on: E18 Error Report

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:36:19 +0000

Today my friend come with powershoot 80 and same problem..
This is due mechanic failure in lens..but in this case there are some solution..
1.Use much stronger battery least 2600 mAh
AND CLOSE LCD monitor while starting up the camera!!!!!!
This will reduce power consument at start up but it will work only if this lens problem are not so big..(like in this case)

By: Doug Noon

Doug Noon — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:06:35 +0000

Thanks, Ryan. And you have my sympathy, as well. I always use the view-finder when I take pictures. The Nikon is sounding pretty good.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:40:23 +0000

I had the good fortune of buying SIX of the canon’s for my photography class (cheap, full manual controls) … they dropped like flies. I think I have two left. E18’s for the lot of ‘em. They waited for the warranty to expire of course.

Note also that the Canon Rebel has a known issue with the memory card … taking it out and putting it back in will result in bent pins. They’ve fixed it once for me … but now it’s out of warranty.

For the prices currently I’d go with the SLR, and the Nikons are nice. Just FYI (I don’t know your knowledge level on this), SLRs do not show the image on screen when you are composing your shot … you must look through the view-finder (there’s a mirror in the way). So, if you really like holding the camera out in front of you, don’t expect to be able to! It will show the image on playback.

By: Scott Laleman

Scott Laleman — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:45:09 +0000

I had the same thing happen with my PowerShot A70, but the camera was almost 3 years old at the time, and I’d taken close to 4000 pictures with it, so it was a good excuse to upgrade. But I feel your pain.

I actually did end up purchasing another Canon for my wife last year. For being a point and shoot, I really like the ability to set everything manually like you can with a more expensive SLR.

Of course, when I upgraded, I went with the SLR. =-)

By: Doug Noon

Doug Noon — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:32:17 +0000

Taking it to photograph the bears at Katmai is a solid endorsement. Thanks.